Liverpool are right to ignore romanticism of FA Cup in pursuit of Premier League glory Rival supporters and the media seem to fetishise reminding Jurgen Klopp, and Liverpool supporters for that matter, that we have won nothing in the German’s three years at the club.
Prior to Liverpool beating Man United in mid-December, effectively handing Mourinho his walking papers in the process, the Portuguese declared that “trophies matter.”
As if Klopp, who won two Bundesliga titles and Germany’s domestic cup during his time at Borussia Dortmund, hadn’t given much thought to the importance of silverware.
Liverpool kickstart their FA Cup campaign tonight, returning to Molineux to take on Wolves—the side who knocked the Reds out of this very competition in 2016/17 on their way to finishing 15th in the Championship, before gaining promotion last season as champions.
Five days after the United victory we went to Molineux for the first time this season, contesting a hard-fought 2-0 away victory where the winter weather and a well-drilled and defiant Wolves side conspired to rain on Liverpool’s parade literally and figuratively.January tends to hit like a dose of reality and we turn our attentions to the obtainable; it’s a practice in moving targets and acceptance.
As the Reds travel to the West Midlands, my question is: should we care? Should we let the words of the advert telling us not to “diss the cup” fall on deaf ears?
If I had my way, I’d already have had the FA Cup out in the bin with the rest of the rubbish.
After an improbable run to the Champions League final last year, hope began to spring eternal for the 2018/19 campaign despite coming up short in Kyiv. Our eyes saw the telling signs on the pitch months before that this side was on their way to challenging.
Albeit with the lingering thought of: how could we hope to overcome Man City, who just set the Premier League record for points with 100?Well, we’ve answered that one, aye? By adding the best goalkeeper in the league to anchor the best defender in the world, coalescing to create the best defensive record in the Premier League.
By having the club’s best-ever start to a campaign—not just in Premier League history, the best start since we’ve been playing association football.
That’s how we’ve overtaken the infallible darlings, City. Simply by being better.
But as we all know the work is not done, we’ve not reached the summit of our Everest. These stats make for great media fodder and parlour talk but are meaningless come May.
Liverpool sit 17 matches away from the promised land of Premier League glory, and I ask you: why should I even bother with the FA Cup when the Premier League trophy is within our sights?
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